new forecast predicts the u.s. is on the brink of a so-called economic renaissance with growth speeding up to more than 3% a year starting late next year. the key contributors could include an increase in u.s. exports, a boom in domestic energy production and housing prices finally bouncing back. this makes me happy. i hope this happens. please, please let this be the case. >>> and lots of companies have a use it or lose it policy with vacation time. plenty of us aren't taking advantage of the time we're given a new survey shows. according to the traffic service expedia the average american gets 12 vacation days and only use ten of them. the biggest reasons cited for wasting the opportunity are scheduling conflicts and hoping the days get rolled over which at a lot of the time they don't. >> but you know the policy. >> people you're leaving money on the table. >> it's good for your brain to get a little break. give us a little break in the next 30 minutes hopefully? >>> you know we're looking at the fiscal cliff bu